Fertility in United Republic of Tanzania, 2023

United Republic of Tanzania
2023
Total fertility rate: 4.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of United Republic of Tanzania was 4.61 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,346,391 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.61
Births
2,346,391
Births per 1,000 people
35.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
66,617,606
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.60.2%6,615
15-19113.212.3%412,094
20-24207.722.5%641,098
25-29203.922.1%530,384
30-34177.119.2%384,043
35-39134.914.6%248,083
40-4466.77.2%102,848
45-4916.41.8%20,473
50-540.80.1%754